With mass shootings seemingly every day, Hollywood has decided it’s time to stop glorifying guns.
In the “Open Letter to Our Colleagues in the Creative Community,” obtained Monday by The Ankler, Christy Callahan, co-chair of of the Brady United Against Gun Violence organization’s Regional Leadership Council, and Robert Bowers Disney, the national organizing director, are calling on movies and TV shows to model responsible gun ownership and use.
“As America’s storytellers, our goal is primarily to entertain, but we also acknowledge that stories have the power to effect change. Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” reads the letter.
